by Neassa | Aug 22, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair John Cleary has said processors and retailers must be willing to sacrifice a portion of their profits to ensure the survival of beef finishers. “As we head into the winter months, beef finishers are once again facing the daunting task of feeding...
by admin | Oct 17, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has said that winter finishing is finished as factories cut prices weekly. “We can forget about finishing cattle at two years of age out of a shed. In fact, the economics of any winter finishing system do not stack up as prices have...
by admin | May 24, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
WINTER FINISHING THE HIGHEST COST SYSTEM OF FARMING – ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has called on the meat industry to begin negotiations with their customers that will deliver at least €7.50/kg for beef for winter finishing systems. “ICSA is putting retailers...
by admin | Mar 24, 2022 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has said there is no way that farmers can plan for winter finishing now, given the ferocious rise in costs and the uncertainty around markets. “There will be very little cattle fattened next winter given current realities. Factories...
by admin | Oct 15, 2021 | Latest News, Press Releases
ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham has called on Minister McConalogue not to forget that beef finishers need to be recognised with a specific payment in the CAP reform. “With all the focus on climate change and the targets that will be set for the farming sector, it is...
